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Fantasy Films

Fantasy Films, unlike science fiction films that base their content upon some degree of scientific truth, take the audience to netherworld, fairty-tale places where events are unlikely to occur in real life. In mythological or legendary times, they transcend the bounds of human possibility and physical laws. Fantasy films are often in the context of the imagination, dreams, or hallucinations of a character or within the projected vision of the storyteller. Fantasy films often have an element of magic, myth, wonder, escapism, and the extraordinary. They may appeal to both children and adults, depending upon the particular film. Below is a collection of films where imagination has no bounds. Where entire worlds have been created and populated with mythical creatures, magical quests and larger than life heroes and villains.

Click (2006)

6.4/10
Director: Frank Coraci
Starring: Adam Sandler, Kate Beckinsale, Christopher Walken, David Hasselhoff, Henry Winkl...

When workaholic and absentee father and husband Michael Newman (Adam Sandler) goes shopping for a 'universal remote', he gets a little more than he ba... Read more

Brave (2012)

7.1/10
Director: Brenda Chapman, Mark Andrews
Starring: Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Julie Walters, Kelly Macdonald, Kevin McKidd, Rob...

Pixar's animated fantasy, set in a mythical, ancient Scotland, has a fine central character in Princess Merida (Kelly Macdonald), the headstrong daugh... Read more

Field of Dreams (1989)

7.5/10
Director: Phil Alden Robinson
Starring: Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones, Amy Madigan, Gaby Hoffmann, Ray Liotta, Burt La...

A magical fantasy about farmer Kevin Costner who hears messages from an invisible voice, leading him to build a baseball diamond in his cornfield. 'If... Read more

TMNT: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2007)

6.3/10
Director: Kevin Munroe
Starring: Voices Of, Chris Evans, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Mako , Kevin Smith, Patrick Stewa...

The amphibious crime-fighters are back as computer animated 'heroes in a half shell', taking on a legion of malevolent monsters who gather just once e... Read more

9 (2009)

7.1/10
Director: Shane Acker
Starring: Christopher Plummer, Crispin Glover, Elijah Wood, Jennifer Connelly, John C Reil...

In the final days of humanity, a dedicated scientist gives the spark of life to nine of his creations. The world has turned into an unrecognizable lan... Read more

Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)

7.5/10
Director: Jon Watts
Starring: Jon Favreau, Marisa Tomei, Michael Keaton, Robert Downey Jr, Tom Holland

Thrilled by his experience with the Avengers, young Peter Parker returns home to live with his Aunt May. Under the watchful eye of mentor Tony Stark,... Read more

Border (2018)

7.1/10
Director: Ali Abbasi
Starring: Sten Ljunggren, Rakel Warmlander

Customs officer Tina is known for her extraordinary sense of smell. It's almost as if she can sniff out the guilt on anyone hiding something. But when... Read more

Powder (1995)

6.6/10
Director: Victor Salva
Starring: Mary Steenburgen, Sean Patrick Flanery, Lance Henriksen, Jeff Goldblum

A rural teen (Sean Patrick Flanery) whose skin is ghostly white and whose nickname is Powder, is the local pariah; he's scary, shy, brilliant and seem... Read more

Sorry to Bother You (2018)

7/10
Director: Boots Riley
Starring: Lakeith Stanfield, David Cross, Tessa Thompson, Lily James, Terry Crews, Danny G...

In an alternate reality of present-day Oakland, California, telemarketer Cassius Green finds himself in a macabre universe after he discovers a magica... Read more

Phenomenon (1996)

6.4/10
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Starring: Robert Duvall, Kyra Sedgwick, John Travolta, Forest Whitaker, Jeffrey DeMunn, Ri...

Winning mixture of drama, romance and fantasy stars John Travolta as an easygoing small-town mechanic who, after a late-night encounter with a mysteri... Read more